Mathematical term for the result of multiplication, as opposed to 商 for quotient, 和 for sum, and 差 for difference.
See also: 商
The product of 3 and 4 is 12.
The product of 3 and 4 is 12.
Find the product of the two numbers.
Measurement-related use mostly visible inside compounds such as 面積, 'area,' and 体積, 'volume,' rather than as a common standalone everyday noun.
The area of this room is twenty square meters.
Calculate the volume of the box.
Find the product of these numbers.
積 is the result of multiplication, whereas 和 is the result of addition; learners often mix up these four arithmetic terms (和・差・積・商).
積 is the product of multiplication, while 差 is the result of subtraction; both are easily confused as they are learned together in school math vocabulary.
Sino-Japanese reading せき of 積. The kanji is conventionally associated with piling up or accumulating, which connects naturally with multiplication as repeated accumulation and with extent in compounds such as 面積 and 体積.
adding up; cumulative addition; totaling · integration · cost estimate; quantity survey; estimating quantities and costs
integration · integral
lamination; layering; lamination layer
cumulonimbus cloud
piling up; accumulating; lying in piles
surface area
many years; long years · long-standing; ancient
accumulation; buildup; suppression
inner product; dot product
land area; acreage
active; positive; proactive · anode
body of water
product
impulse
cross product; vector product; outer product
mensuration; finding area or volume
sedimentation; deposition
alluvial
diluvial epoch; Pleistocene
accumulation; piling up